Bitter taste cells in the ventricular walls of the murine brain regulate glucose homeostasis

oleh: Qiang Yu, Igor Gamayun, Philipp Wartenberg, Qian Zhang, Sen Qiao, Soumya Kusumakshi, Sarah Candlish, Viktoria Götz, Shuping Wen, Debajyoti Das, Amanda Wyatt, Vanessa Wahl, Fabien Ectors, Kathrin Kattler, Daniela Yildiz, Vincent Prevot, Markus Schwaninger, Gaetan Ternier, Paolo Giacobini, Philippe Ciofi, Timo D. Müller, Ulrich Boehm

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01

Deskripsi

The median eminence (ME) at the base of the brain controls body homeostasis. Here, the authors describe a functional tanycyte subpopulation at the ME which tastes the surrounding milieu, responds to metabolic signals and regulates glucose homeostasis.